Airliner hull

[Jim[_14_]]

Can anyone help me to find out how to buy a scrapped airliner hull? I
want to use it to make a home out of it. Any help is appreciated.
--

Jim in Houston

Nurse's creed: Fill what's empty, empty what's full,
and scratch where it itches!! RN does NOT mean Real Nerd!

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:26:51 -0600, Jim >
wrote:

>Can anyone help me to find out how to buy a scrapped airliner hull? I
>want to use it to make a home out of it. Any help is appreciated.

Buying it's not as much of a problem as transporting it to your building site.
You basically have to buy an airworthy airplane, if you're not located near one
of the boneyards. Plus the ground transport from the airport to your lot will
be a bit thorny.

I've heard of these, but am not sure if that's the way I'd want to go. First,
the usable square footage of the airplanes isn't that great. Second, the
ceilings are low. It's not that wider than a single-wide mobile home. And,
while there are a lot of windows, they're small and at crotch level...you'll
have to stoop to look outside.

Here's an ebay listing for an outfit that advertises these, though all the
examples they show are 'shopped:

http://tinyurl.com/35hyth

The pictures of the interior don't look that inviting....

Personally, I'd buy just the cockpit section and have a house built to
incorporate it. Years ago, the Boeing Surplus store sold a 767 cockpit mockup
that had been used for marketing. Sold for $400, IIRC.

Ron Wanttaja

[Jim[_14_]]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:01:51 -0800, Ron Wanttaja
> wrote:

>Personally, I'd buy just the cockpit section and have a house built to
>incorporate it. Years ago, the Boeing Surplus store sold a 767 cockpit mockup
>that had been used for marketing. Sold for $400, IIRC.
>
>Ron Wanttaja
Yes, I would like to do that. I was kind of thinking play house for my
son. Of course, I would have to play along in the right seat. ;-)
Thanks for the response.
--

Jim in Houston

Nurse's creed: Fill what's empty, empty what's full,
and scratch where it itches!! RN does NOT mean Real Nerd!

[JonH]

If you are really serious, there's a fellow named Jack at
http://www.commercialturbineservices.com/contact.php that can actually set
you up as far as you want to go. His specialty is engines, but he has
resources to get hulls too.



"Jim" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone help me to find out how to buy a scrapped airliner hull? I
> want to use it to make a home out of it. Any help is appreciated.
> --
>
> Jim in Houston
>
> Nurse's creed: Fill what's empty, empty what's full,
> and scratch where it itches!! RN does NOT mean Real Nerd!